Nevada · Esmeralda County
Producer

Hasbrouck Mountain

Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States
SilverGoldArsenicMercuryAntimonyTungsten
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Description

Unknown (Early 1900'S); Cordex Exploration Co. (1975-76)

Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryArsenic, Mercury, Antimony, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSee Comments
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Albite, Argentite, Calcite, Cerargyrite, Electrum, Fluorite, Illite, Montmorillonite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockAsh-Flow Tuff · Seibert Formation
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureWalker Lane Structural Zone. Basin And Range Extensional Faulting. Possibly On Margin Of Buried Caldera.
AlterationSilicification And Potassium Metasomatism. Funnel Shaped Alteration Envelopes Surround The Major Hydrothermal Conduits. The Alteration Envelopes Progress Inward From Quartz + Illite + Montmorillonite To Quartz + Adularia +Albite + Illite To Quartz + Adularia + Illite To Quartz + Adulari Cores.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1902-1923
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10044553
MRDS IDM232041
Alternate namesTonopah Hasbrouck Mine, Kernick Vein, McKane Vein, Ore Car Adit
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.99133, -117.27009
References
KNOPF, A., 1921, THE DIVIDE SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA, IN RANSOME, F.L., GALE, H.S., AND BURCHARD, E.F., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: USGS BULL. 715, P. 169-170.GRANEY, J.R., 1987, HASBROUCK MOUNTAIN, NEVADA - PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION IN A FOSSIL HOT SPRINGS ENVIRONMENT, IN BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES - GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD TRIPS, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO.GRANEY, J.R., 1985, GEOLOGY, ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION AT HASBROUCK MOUNTAIN, DIVIDE DISTRICT, ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO, 106 P.USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1646LINCOLN, F.C., 1923NBMG REPORT 33, 1979, PAPERS ON MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA, P. 124.BONHAM AND GARSIDE, 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH, LONE MOUNTAIN, KLONDIKE, AND NORTHERN MUD LAKE QUADRANGLES, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 92, P. 121-128.GARSIDE, L.J., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, MARCH 26, 1982.THE NORTHERN MINER, 1980.TONOPAH TIMES BONANZA, OCTOBER 25, 1974, "CORDEX EXPLORATION CO. PROBES DIVIDE DISTRICT."WEED, W.H., ED, 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIV, P. 1165.SMITH, TINGLEY, BENTZ, ET AL, 1983, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE ESMERALDA-STATELINE RESOURCE AREA, LAS VEGAS DISTRICT, NEVADA, NBMG OPEN FILE REPORT 83-11.BONHAM, 1989, BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS AND PROSPECTS IN NEVADA, NBMG MAP 91.NBMG, 1988, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1987, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1987.NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 87, NUMEROUS PRESS CLIPPINGS.NBMG, 1994, MI-1993KNOPF, 1921, P. 169.NBMG MI-1993